Somebody said to me once that filming is the easy part and post-production is a much more difficult process. Building up the whole scenario, carefully selecting each sentence and word, editing, graphics, sound mixing, checking license and credits, all while still working on my day job to secure the budget for the film! In this process, I definitely needed the help of other professionals; luckily, …

That was about 2 years ago when I decided to make a documentary about digital nomads/remote work. Let’s stop selling the digital nomad lifestyle as a miracle cure and instead expose its reality From nothing to something: the results of crowdfunding of my documentary Here’s How I Got Top-Notch Interviewees for My Documentary on Remote Work The entire production process took much longer than I …

One of the most interesting things about the digital nomad scene is how varied the people in it are. I’ve now interviewed couples traveling together and working remotely for companies back home, attorneys who moved their entire law practice online, and developers bootstrapping their own companies from anywhere. This week, I want to showcase the stories of two people who have evangelized nomads and remote …

What are the most challenging parts of life as a digital nomad? You’d probably think practical stuff like logistics, security, cultural differences, those kind of things. But actually, many of my interviewees told me loneliness is one of the most difficult things on the road. It was pretty interesting to me, and made me think. Family is one of the main ways people feel community …

When I interviewed remote companies like Automattic or Basecamp, people often mentioned work performance and productivity is the top priority for remote companies. But for many one of the biggest challenges of remote work remains the lack of real life human interaction. This summer, I visited two remote startups, Teleport and Buffer, to see how they tried to deal with this challenge. These companies organize regular …